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Thurman Munson

Given Name: Thurman Lee
Nickname: Tugboat,Squatty Body,The Wall


Born: 6/7/1947 in Akron, OH USA
Died: 8/2/1979
in Canton, OH USA

First Game: Friday August 8, 1969
Last Game: Wednesday August 1, 1979


1970 - Rookie of the Year
1973 - Gold Glove (C)
1974 - Gold Glove (C)
1975 - Gold Glove (C)
1976 - MVP

Attended Kent State University 1967-1968
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Major League Career Statistics

Thurman Munson's Batting Statistics
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YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPSISORCBABIPEyeCT%
1969 NYA 26 86 6 22 1 2 1 30 9 0 1 10 10 1 0 0 1 5 .256 .330 .349 .679 .093 8 .280 1.00 88.4
1970 NYA 132 453 59 137 25 4 6 188 53 5 7 57 56 6 7 5 4 13 .302 .386 .415 .801 .113 69 .335 1.02 87.6
1971 NYA 125 451 71 113 15 4 10 166 42 6 5 52 65 1 7 4 3 10 .251 .335 .368 .703 .118 54 .274 0.80 85.6
1972 NYA 140 511 54 143 16 3 7 186 46 6 7 47 58 5 3 4 2 13 .280 .343 .364 .707 .084 60 .305 0.81 88.6
1973 NYA 147 519 80 156 29 4 20 253 74 4 6 48 64 4 4 1 4 12 .301 .362 .487 .849 .187 87 .313 0.75 87.7
1974 NYA 144 517 64 135 19 2 13 197 60 2 0 44 66 12 1 1 8 14 .261 .316 .381 .697 .120 59 .279 0.67 87.2
1975 NYA 157 597 83 190 24 3 12 256 102 3 2 45 52 8 6 3 10 23 .318 .366 .429 .795 .111 87 .334 0.87 91.3
1976 NYA 152 616 79 186 27 1 17 266 105 14 11 29 38 6 9 1 10 17 .302 .337 .432 .769 .130 80 .301 0.76 93.8
1977 NYA 149 595 85 183 28 5 18 275 100 5 6 39 55 8 2 0 2 18 .308 .351 .462 .813 .155 88 .316 0.71 90.8
1978 NYA 154 617 73 183 27 1 6 230 71 2 3 35 70 6 3 1 10 20 .297 .332 .373 .705 .076 70 .327 0.50 88.7
1979 NYA 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 143 39 1 2 32 37 2 0 1 4 15 .288 .340 .374 .714 .086 44 .313 0.86 90.3
Career 1423 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 2190 701 48 50 438 571 59 42 21 58 160 .292 .346 .410 .756 .118 712 .310 0.77 89.3
Max 157 617 85 190 29 5 20 275 105 14 11 57 70 12 9 5 10 23 .318 .386 .487 .849 .187 88 .335 1.02 93.8
Rankings On All-Time Career Lists    
Games Played
#709
At Bats
#600
Runs Scored
#718
Hits
#517
Doubles
#719
Triples
#1215
Home Runs
#607
Runs Batted In
#570
Stolen Bases
#1470
Caught Stealing
#518
Walks
#809
Strikeouts
#731
Intentional Walks
#280
Hit By Pitch
#530
Sacrifice Hits
#2833
Sacrifice Flies
#218
Grounded Into Double Plays
#205
     

Thurman Munson's Post-Season Batting Statistics
YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
1976 ALCS NYA 5 23 3 10 2 0 0 12 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .435 .435 .522 .957
1976 WS NYA 4 17 2 9 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .529 .529 .529 1.059
1977 ALCS NYA 5 21 3 6 1 0 1 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .273 .476 .749
1977 WS NYA 6 25 4 8 2 0 1 13 3 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 .320 .370 .520 .890
1978 ALCS NYA 4 18 2 5 1 0 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .278 .500 .778
1978 WS NYA 6 25 5 8 3 0 0 11 7 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .393 .440 .833
30 129 19 46 9 0 3 64 22 1 1 5 19 1 0 0 1 4 .357 .378 .496 .874

Thurman Munson's Pitching Statistics
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Thurman Munson's Fielding Statistics
YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1969 NYA C 25 24 218.0 119 18 2 0 5
1970 NYA C 125 119 1092.2 631 80 8 11 10
1971 NYA OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0
1971 NYA RF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0
1971 NYA C 117 114 1019.0 547 67 1 4 9
1972 NYA C 132 132 1160.0 575 71 15 11 9
1973 NYA C 142 142 1246.0 673 80 12 11 10
1974 NYA C 137 137 1202.2 743 75 22 10 6
1975 NYA RF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0
1975 NYA 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYA LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0
1975 NYA OF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0
1975 NYA 1B 2 2 17.0 20 0 0 1
1975 NYA C 130 129 1131.2 700 95 23 14 9
1976 NYA LF 2 2 21.0 1 0 1 0
1976 NYA RF 9 7 62.0 8 0 1 0
1976 NYA OF 11 9 83.0 9 0 2 0
1976 NYA C 121 118 1062.0 537 78 12 8 12
1977 NYA C 136 136 1158.2 657 73 12 4 10
1978 NYA OF 13 13 118.0 32 0 1 0
1978 NYA RF 13 13 118.0 34 0 1 0
1978 NYA C 125 126 1063.0 666 61 10 4 8
1979 NYA 1B 3 3 19.0 23 0 0 2
1979 NYA C 88 88 754.2 405 44 10 5 5
Career 1B 5 5 36.0 43 0 0 3
Career 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0
Career C 1278 1265 11108.1 6253 742 127 82 93
Career LF 3 3 29.0 2 0 1 0
Career OF 27 24 218.2 46 0 3 0
Career RF 24 21 189.2 46 0 2 0
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